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Adding to fears that flood defences might not withstand rising river levels. The first passengers who have tested negative for coronavirus have begun leaving a ship moored offjapan, after 1a days of quarantine. The truth is our Prime Minister is a real racist. The rapper dave takes a swipe at borisjohnson and the government, as he lands the big prize at the brit awards. Justin fashanu. 0h, a magnificent goal as the first openly gay footballer, he was a sporting pioneer, but his life ended in tragedy. Well look ahead to Justin Fashanus induction into the hall of fame. Good morning and welcome to bbc newsroom live. Low skilled Migrant Workers seeking employment in the uk will not be able to get a visa under the governments new plans for a points based immigration system. Ministers say employers must move away from a reliance on labour from away from a reliance on labourfrom europe. Away from a reliance on labour from europe. The away from a reliance on labourfrom europe. The scheme away from a reliance on labour from europe. The scheme will apply equally to immigrants from inside and outside the eu. People need to come he will need at least 70 points to apply, so how do they break down . Having a job offer before you apply will get you 20 points. Youll also get a further 20 points if thatjob is at an appropriate skill level. An additional 20 points will be awarded if you have a £25,000 salary, or work in a sector where theres a labour shortage. And speaking english will also be a requirement that will earn you ten points. But therell be no entry to the uk for most people doing whats classed as lower skilled work in restaurants, care homes or Food Processing plants. Our first ourfirst report is our first report is from danny shaw. The uks immigration system is changing. From next year, people who want to work in britain will be treated the same if they are from the eu or outside it. The government said top priority will go to those with the highest skills and the greatest talents. On a visit to Imperial College in london, home secretary priti patel mapped out the way ahead. She wants the brightest and best to work and study in the uk, at high tech laboratories like this, where they do groundbreaking research on carbon capture. This basically redefines our immigration policy, so the brightest and the best, people with skills needed to come to the uk, and we will no longer have to use for cheap, low skilled labour, which has dominated immigration and the Labour Market for far too long. The new immigration system is about points, with people wanting to come here needing at least 70 to apply. 50 points will be awarded if you speak english and have a skilled job. 20 points come from a £25,000 salary or working in a sector where there is a labour shortage, but no entry to the uk for most people doing lower skilled work in restaurants, care homes or Food Processing plants. I think there are going to have to bea i think there are going to have to be a lot of exceptions. I think this policy is going to turn into a muddle, and yet it sends a very clear message that immigration is a bad thing, and i think thats a toxic message to send. Lets concentrate on a practical system, a fair system that can be made to work. Businesses which rely on lower skilled Migrant Workers are being told they will have to improve productivity, invest in technology, and do more to retain their existing stuff. Existing staff. The government is clear that overall levels of migrations will be reduced. Danny shaw, bbc news. Lets speak now to our assistant Political Editor, norman smith, whojoins us now from westminster. Norman, how much control do you think this new points based system will give the government over immigration . I think the honest a nswer immigration . I think the honest answer is we dont know, because its an evolving system. We have the outlines of it and, in a way, i think what we get today is a moment when the sort of brexit big picture meets the brexit nitty gritty detail because, on the big picture, i think the government will be fairly co mforta ble the government will be fairly comfortable that the proposals today will strike a chord with many people, because they are ending freedom of movement, they are ending low skilled eu immigration into this country, they are insisting that migrants speak english, and all of that, i suspect, migrants speak english, and all of that, isuspect, will migrants speak english, and all of that, i suspect, will prove popular. The difficulty comes in the detail, particularly in relation to business and how business is going to cope with the new system, which is coming in very fast, its due to be in place by january the 1st next year, but business say they will have to have new systems for sponsoring skilled workers, applying for visas, and they will have to have that in place by the summer, so just months away. But the much bigger headache is for those businesses which are heavily reliant on low skilled eu workers, and there are a lot of them. You are talking about Food Processing, you are talking about hospitality, you are talking about retail, you are talking about construction and care workers. The governments response, at least, priti patels response has been to say, look, there are 8 million economically inactive people in the uk, and companies can recruit from them. The difficulty with that is them. The difficulty with that is the 8 million figure is made up overwhelmingly of the long term sick, the retired, students, carers, pa rents. Sick, the retired, students, carers, parents. In other words, the 8 million are not an available pool of labourfor million are not an available pool of labour for business to recruit from. And the cbi and others are saying, actually, we are pretty close to full employment, which means some sectors, they fear, are facing the possibility of closure and companies simply being unable to operate under this new system. Lets develop that, because the government says employers will need to adjust. How challenging is this going to be for employers, particularly in certain sectors, and what has direction been so sectors, and what has direction been so far . The reaction so far has been pretty much, business, get on with it. Its about time you invested in uk staff, you need to invest more in automation and technology, you need to start developing better career structures for people joining, particularly younger workers. In other words, you need to get your act together. The difficulty is, if you are a business and you are happy to manage a company, to implement those sort of changes in a very short time is extraordinarily challenging, and nowhere more so, you have to say, than in the care sector, where they already estimate they have around 120,000 vacancies, and thats with the availability of eu staff, which is no longer going to be so readily available. Representatives of the Care Industry are representatives of the Care Industry a re pretty clear representatives of the Care Industry are pretty clear in saying they fear this will mean more care homes will have to close, and this matters even more politically because Boris Johnson has said he will come forward with a plan for resolving the difficulties in social care this year, and he will resolve the social ca re year, and he will resolve the social care crisis within this parliament. Its hard to see how that is going to be possible, if the social care sector finds itself under even to be possible, if the social care sectorfinds itself under even more pressure, in terms of staffing and recruitment. Norman smith, thank you. Stuart mcdonald, the Scottish National party mp, joins us now from glasgow. Good morning to you. Nicola sturgeon, your party leader, saying this morning it is impossible to overstate how devastating this uk government policy will be for scotlands economy. What are your chief concerns . First of all, there are specific industries which will be devastated by these proposals. For example, weve heard about social care, but also tourism, hospitality, food and drink, agriculture, they will all struggle. Its quite disgraceful for the home secretary to come up with three and a half yea rs secretary to come up with three and a half years to come up with these proposals which she then gives the industries for months to implement. But its also about broader population concerns. We have only just become a country with net immigration at a growing population, which is entirely thanks to freedom of movement, which is coming to an end, so the real risk is the population as a whole, and the working age population in particular, going into decline, which is bad for everybody, taxpayers, business and the public finances. Are you saying, even if everybody in scotland able to be economically active was in employment, that wouldnt be enough to fill thejobs . Employment, that wouldnt be enough to fill the jobs . Priti employment, that wouldnt be enough to fill thejobs . Priti patel employment, that wouldnt be enough to fill the jobs . Priti patel is talking about across the uk a bank of8 talking about across the uk a bank of 8 Million People who employers can call upon. Well, its wholly unrealistic, as your assistant Political Editor just explain. Employment is near record levels in scotla nd employment is near record levels in scotland as it stands, and its similar in other parts of the uk, so the idea that you can suddenly replace quality, dedicated social ca re replace quality, dedicated social care workers, people working in tourism and hospitality, with folk who havent been able to get a job because of ill health or injury, thats ridiculous and a disgraceful idea. I was listening to an interview with a Small Business owner earlier you were saying that businesses have relied for a long time on the low wage economy, on the fa ct time on the low wage economy, on the fact there would be staff out there if there was a high of staff. Do you think that there is something in this for workers, for employees, in that it might encourage employers to really value them more, to train them up to do something that will make them want to stay with a business . I am very sceptical. The Government Migration Advisory Committee concluded there was next to no evidence that migration has any impact on wages. I am all for improving employee rights and labour conditions, but you do that through improving the minimum wage and rights at work, not through suddenly turning your back on talented and able workers, like social care workers, and the folk who operate in tourism, hospitality and construction and so on, and its disgraceful to speak of these people as if they are cheap, unskilled labour. Many are very talented and able and are making an immense contribution, so i am very sceptical there are any benefits for anyone out of these proposals. Stuart mcdonald, thank you for your time. If you have a question about how the new rules will affect you or your business, get in touch. We will try and answer as many questions as possible at 3 30pm. Some news coming in in the last few minutes. We understand that there is officially an hs2 minister. That is andrew stevenson. There he is. He is the mp for pendle and he has been appointed as the hs2 minister. He was appointed, as you can see, a minister of state in the department for transport a bit earlier this month, and he is now the minister for hs2, after the confirmation recently from the government that the project will be going ahead. Flooded communities in england and wales are expecting more heavy rain, adding to fears flood defences might not withstand rising river levels. About 1,400 homes and businesses have been affected by the floods in the wake of downpours brought by storm dennis. The rivers wye and severn reached their highest ever levels, with people evacuated from nearby at risk areas. There are still six severe flood warnings in place, and the met office has issued three yellow weather warnings for rain for wales and yorkshire, which begin on wednesday. Lets go to tewkesbury in gloucestershire now and our correspondent, lee madan. Bring us up to date with notjust what immediately surrounds you but the picture in the wider area in terms of water levels, and how that is affecting people, how they are responding to all of this. Well, the water levels on the river severn just upstream from here are continuing to rise in places, meaning the effects of storm dennis are still being felt. Here in tewkesbury, the levels have already peaked, we are being told, and some people i have spoken to say they have seen a slight drop in the levels today. This is supposed to be a road where i am standing. This is a road where i am standing. This is a business which is shut for the day, and many of the businesses around here simply cannot open because they have had water lapping into them over the last couple of days. You can see on the centre over there, a white line, which marks the flood level way back on the 20th of july 2007, when tewkesbury was turned into an island. The town was com pletely turned into an island. The town was completely cut off, with the routes in and out not possible by cars. People were having to come here by boats, and it was described as an island. Back then, 135,000 homes we re island. Back then, 135,000 homes were without water for two weeks, and 825 homes had to be evacuated. It is memories of that flood in the town which people are really worrying about. But there was also a sense of resilience, they have been through it before, and they say they will go through it again. Look at the road over there, called harbour view, and these houses certainly have a harbour view today the river is beyond this factory over here, but today it has spelt out right in front of these houses. You cant get a carup and front of these houses. You cant get a car up and down this stretch of road, but somehow the petrol station in the distance has managed to stay open. Water level not quite reaching their. There was a slight hill which has helped to save the houses at the top of the road. There are very few houses in tewkesbury which have flooded, they are more on the other side of the town, and many people here have justified it, side of the town, and many people here havejustified it, but they are keeping a close eye on the water. Lots of people have been walking up and down this stretch into the town centre, all commenting and trying to see where the water levels are, and just checking they are not going to rise. Just beyond us, you can see, why in the business is the town abbey, and the fire service had been out and about reassuring people. There have been welfare checks going on, and people trying to point out when the water levels will recede. We are told over the next couple of days that can hopefully happen. At the moment, there is only one main route from the a38 into the centre of town, and people are being imaginative, they are riding their bikes through this, i saw somebody ina bikes through this, i saw somebody in a scooter earlier, and i spoke to a chap who had bought for a mile and a chap who had bought for a mile and a half to get to the dentist, so people are getting out and about. We are told the worst affected areas of the moment are in shropshire, yorkshire and south wales, so if you are in those areas, you can go to the Environment Agency website for the Environment Agency website for the latest information and to stay safe. Thank you very much. We will keep you up to date with the latest Weather Forecast throughout the programme. Caroline flacks family have released an unpublished Instagram Post she wrote before she died, in which she talks about her arrest for assaulting her boyfriend. The inquest into the former love island presenters death opened today before being adjourned until august. The Coroners Office said she appeared to have been found hanging at her home on saturday, weeks before she was due to stand trial on charges of assaulting her boyfriend, lewis burton, in december. Talk to Richard Galpin at the inquest in east london. Tell us what took place. It was a pretty short hearing, and then adjourned, we did learn some key points from what the coroner and the Coroners Officer said. The coroner started officer said. The coroner started off with really stern words to the media, and obviously a lot of media we re media, and obviously a lot of media were at the opening of the inquest, and the coroner said that the media must report this accurately and fairly, and also respect the privacy of Caroline Flacks family. What we also heard from the Coroners Officer was that the police had been flagged down a residence, or near a residence in Stoke Newington in north london around about 2 30pm on saturday. They were taken into the residents, where they found a woman lying on her back, obviously, Caroline Flack. The police tried to resuscitate her, but then the paramedics took over. They also tried to resuscitate her, but they we re tried to resuscitate her, but they were not able to keep her alive, and of course she was then pronounced dead. Caroline flacks sister then identified her, so those were the key points which we had from the inquest this morning, and as you have said its been adjourned until august. Richard, talk to us about the Instagram Post written by Caroline Flack in the days before her death and published by her family. Yes, obviously, very emotional, and some really important m essa 9 es emotional, and some really important messages in that Instagram Post, which wasnt published until today. She was saying that she had accepted shame and toxic opinions on her life for ten years, and that she brushed this under the carpet. She said, when she was arrested for assault on her boyfriend. In 2a hours, the whole world and future were swept away from her, and she lost herjob and her home. She said that all the walls she had built around her to protect her had collapsed, and that she really was having some kind of emotional breakdown, or had been having some kind of emotional breakdown for a very long time, and she went on to say that, she was not a domestic abuser, and that she had written that Instagram Post because she said that her family could not ta ke she said that her family could not take it any more. Thank you very much. Richard galpin reporting. If you are affected by of theissues reporting. If you are affected by of the issues raised, the information and support that you can find on the bbc action line is available to you on that number on the screen. The headlines on bbc news. Therell be no visas for low skilled workers, as the government unveils plans for a points based immigration system. More heavy rain is expected in flooded communities in england and wales, adding to fears that flood defences might not withstand rising river levels. The first passengers who have tested negative for coronavirus have begun leaving a ship moored offjapan, after 1a days of quarantine. And in sport. There was a rare defeat for liverpool last night, they went down 1 0 in the first leg of their Champions League knockout tie against Atletico Madrid. The return leg at anfiield is next month. Britains first openly gay footballer, Justin Fashanu, who took his own life in 1998, is being inducted into the National Football museums hall of fame today. No top level player has come out their career since. And tyson fury made his grand arrival at the mgm hotel in las vegas ahead of saturday nights world heavyweight title rematch with Deontay Wilder he says its the biggest fight of the last 50 years. Ill be back with more on those stories later. Hundreds of passengers who have tested negative for coronavirus and are healthy with no symptoms of illness have disembarked from the diamond princess cruise liner thats been quarantined in the japanese port of yokohama for more than two weeks. The vessel was carrying more than 3,700 people when it was isolated in early february. More than 600 of those passengers have been infected, the biggest cluster outside mainland china. The British Government has told british passengers to stay on board and that it is preparing to fly most of them home in the coming days. Four who have been infected, will be treated injapan. Simonjones reports. Finally released after weeks on a luxury cruise liner, in far from luxurious circumstances, due to an outbreak of coronavirus on board. Groups of passengers whove tested negative allowed to leave. But its not good news for britains david and sally abel whod been documenting their ordeal. They have the virus. We are both positive. We are going to a hostel because there is not a hospital bed anywhere around, ok . So were going to a hostel and, in four orfive days, we will be removed from the hostel and put into a hospital, where we will receive treatment. They have had their bags packed for over 24 hours, and they thought they we re over 24 hours, and they thought they were being taken yesterday, but nobody came. The fco are saying that people who are negative and just disembark as of 7am this morning japanese time, and obviously they have been told to stay in their room, so i think that is confirmation that they are positive, but one minute they are told they are going to be taken in an ambulance, the next they are told they will be taken on a coach. They are being messed about. These are two old age pensioners, and i dont like to think of them like that, but i have been through so much, and i just want someone to take care of them. The Foreign Office here in london has been facing some stinging criticism, not least from the abel family, that they have not been doing enough to help the british citizens stranded on board the cruise ship. Officials though insist they have been working to organise a Repatriation Flight but it is thought anyone returning to the uk is likely to have to face a further period in quarantine. 340 us citizens were allowed off the ship earlier this week, but more than 540 people on board have tested positive for the virus, the biggest outbreak outside china, raising questions about whether the keeping passengers on board whats been called the floating prison for so long was the best way to deal with the situation. Simon jones, bbc news. British passengers on the diamond princess who have not got the virus have been targeted remain on board. Laura bicker is in yokohama. They have been told by the foreign and commonwealth office, the advice to those british passengers who are well, who have tested negative for coronavirus, they have been asked to remain on the ship. What we are hearing is that britain will sent a plane to try and pick up its passengers and take them home by the end of this week, but we have no details yet on when that plane will arrive. Passengers that have disembarked, most of them seem to be japanese nationals, and they gave a wave to reporters as they left, with some of them saying, i am ok. They have also been lots of buses coming and going, some of them with protective screens between the driver and the passengers, to try and keep them apart. We have also seen a number of people being loaded onto buses in full protective gear, with ambulances flanking them, and we believe they are being taken to quarantine. But there was great concern here in japan quarantine. But there was great concern here injapan and at with japan, because we have heard from one leading professor in his field who is from kobe university, who has dealt with various outbreaks, including ebola, and he has said, when he was on the diamond princess, he was scared, and he believes he could have contracted the virus, because he said the Infection Control measures on board the diamond princess are totally inadequate, and critics believe that is why we are seeing this drip drip feed of cases increasing on board what some have described as a floating prison, and obviously you have heard there from the frustration, the anxiety amongst passengers, as they hear each day of those who are being taken off the ship and taken into quarantine. So what happens now . We are told all the passengers will be disembarked by the end of this week. The 543 people who are currently diagnosed with coronavirus are being treated in hospitals nearby but, as you heard there from the british man who has been trapped here for the last 14 days, it seems that they are also short on hospital beds to treat any passengers, and the concern doesnt stop there because, although the Japanese Health authorities are saying its safe to leave, many people have simply been taking taxis with their luggage, getting off the boat, heading onto public transport, although the authorities are saying it is safe to leave, that the current new cases were all there before the quarantine measures went into place, experts are throwing doubt on that, and its notjust the experts. Other countries are saying they want these passengers to undergo another 14 days quarantine when they reach their home country, australia, canada, the uk, and south korea took their passengers home this morning. South korea has gone one step further and said that any foreigner coming off this boat will not be allowed, will be banned entering the country stop so it does seem there is genuine concern that even those coming off testing negative for the virus might be potentially spreading it further. That was laura bicker in yokohama. A patient has played the violin while surgeons operated on her brain to remove a tumour. These incredible pictures show the operation at Kings College hospital in london. The medical team asked Dagmar Turner to play the violin to ensure parts of the brain which control delicate hand movements and coordination were not damaged during the surgery. Quite incredible. Time to take a look at cost. Everybody looking out for the latest information on rainfall. Absolutely, and more rainfall in the forecast. Its been moving in gradually through this morning, across Western Areas of the uk, so with all that rainfall falling on saturated ground, i did ground already, its not good news over the next few days, with a chance of more flooding. You can see the extent of the rainfall this morning. Quite heavyin the rainfall this morning. Quite heavy in Western Areas, patchy rain moving its way east this afternoon, so after a dry and bright start, we will see that cloud and rain moving in. Maximum temperatures this afternoon around seven to 10 celsius. Later this evening, the rain will turn heavier across parts of southern scotland, north west england and wales, and that is why there are some Yellow Met Office warning is in force, because we could see 70 to 100 millimetres of rain falling on top of what we have it already in those areas, and you can see the reason why, that rain doesnt move very far across parts of scotland, Northern England and wales in thursday. Eventually, brighter skies and sunshine following behind, some wintry showers in the west, and it will turn colder as the day goes on on thursday. Hello, this is bbc newsroom live. The headlines therell be no visas for low skilled workers as the government unveils plans for a points based immigration system. The inquest into Caroline Flacks death has received news of a new Instagram Post from her that was not published. More heavy rain is expected in flooded communities in england and wales, adding to fears that flood defences might not withstand rising river levels. The first passengers who have tested negative for coronavirus have begun leaving a ship moored offjapan, after 14 days of quarantine. And coming up shortly, we will rememberJustin Fashanu, the first openly gay footballer, who has been inducted into the hall of fame today. Sport now, and for a full round up from the bbc sport centre, heres our reporter. Juergen klopp has warned us that Atletico Madrid is going to be very different next month. Liverpool will have to have to reach the quarterfinals. In the spanish capital, where they won that title, a player capitalised inside the first five minutes and liverpool failed to clear from the corner. It is only the second time in five yea rs is only the second time in five years theyve failed to register a single shot on the target. That raucous atmosphere certainly helped the home side and klopp will be banking on and failed to work in their favour next month. And field. It is only 1 0, so we are not 5 0 down or anything. We think it will be easy to get better and in different circumstances, we have to see who we can line up because until then we have a lot of cakes, but as long as we can get 11 players in a liverpool shirt, we will try it with all we have and yeah, for all our fa ns all we have and yeah, for all our fans who can get a ticket for the game, welcome to anfield. Earlier, shows no sign of stopping the 17 year old who has played just 11 games for this team that he joined them last month. He scored both their goals in the tie against st germain. Sent german. But how do they stop the norwegian teenager, who scored 39 goals in 29 games for salzburg and dortmund this season. The trash talk continues in las vegas between tyson theory and dante wilder. Tyson fury arrived last night, making another one of his fashion statements, a jacket covered with images of his own face. He received a heros welcome ahead of saturdays showdown, when the pair will attempt to end each others unbeaten record nearly 15 months on from their drawback in 2018. You have got to pressure the pressure. Put him on the back foot from round one and keep in there. I have got his number because he put me down, but he couldnt keep it down and that must be playing on his mind because everyone else he has knocked out, apart from the gypsy king. I am coming for you. I had never imagined coming for you. I had never imagined coming as faras coming for you. I had never imagined coming as far as i have gone and achieving the things that i am achieving. You know, it was a simple and basic plan for me to get into boxing, become a journalist and make 80 for my daughter. I never thought about being the heavyweight champion of the world. Just letting people know that anything is possible, you know, if you believe that it is. Laura kenny refused to have an operation on a broken shoulder next month, fearing that it might jeopardise her pursuit of more medals in tokyo this summer. The four time olympic champion fractured a bone after falling at the track cycling world cup, but decided against having a procedure to take pa rt against having a procedure to take part at the World Championships later this month, although she has had to opt out of the team pursuit. It was three weeks on sunday. I have gone through out and dance with it. I was obviously really upset for first time i saw my physio because i was like, what on earth are we going to do . Does this need an operation . It didnt help that the surgeon i saw told me the olympics was pretty much of the cards because he thought i would need it operated on, but i was like, no, an operation is not for me. I want to try to go to the world. That is all this but for now. We will have more for you at 1 30pm. Back to our top story. Those new plans for immigration system that means it will be points based. The new rules will come into place in january, meaning inside and outside the eu points will need to be gathered. Thats talk to an expert in leicester now. We know that from the reaction to this sector already, there are deep concerns about whether vacancies can be filled and whether vacancies can be filled and whether the sector can actually run effectively with this points based system. Priti patel this morning talking about a lot of people out there, she is quoting 8 Million People, who employers can call upon. Ican people, who employers can call upon. I can see from your reaction that you dont set much store by that . She is clearly clueless, isnt she . Not only are these proposals hugely damaging for our economy, making a com plete damaging for our economy, making a complete mockery of government claims to level up our economy, but they are potentially devastating for our health and care sector. Our nhs and other social care sector has a lwa ys and other social care sector has always relied on International Recruitment and although there may well be exemptions for certain categories of nhs staff, it seems there will be no exemptions whatsoever for social care staff. At the moment, there is around 250,000 staff working on our social care sector, who we have recruited internationally and we also have vacancies for 122,000 staff in social care. If we cannot find those staff in social care and these no new immigration rules exacerbate the difficulties in social care, that will mean many elderly people and perhaps your grandma or that you ares grandmas or aunties will be waiting even longer in hospitals because they cannot be discharged from the hospital. It means many vulnerable and elderly people out in the community not getting the support that they deserve, so these policies will detrimentally impact on the lives of some of the most Vulnerable People in our society. The government is saying it is up to businesses, employers to adapt. Frankly, do you think that there are enough buttons at their who want to do those kinds ofjobs not enough britons out there. And if they were, could they learn the necessary skills to take on these jobs . The government simply dont have a clue about the realities on the ground. The social care sector has vacancies for 122,000 staff as things stand. That is today. This is a sector that is already struggling. A sector that has been left reeling by multi billion pound cuts under the conservatives. Of course, if the sector wants to increase wages, wa nts to sector wants to increase wages, wants to invest staff to include more people to work on it, then it needs to put up the funds to do that. But the government is not prepared to put the funding into the social care sector and what this will mean is that elderly people or perhaps adults with disabilities will lose out on the Specialist Care that they need to stay in their homes and to live more fulsome lives or it will mean elderly people trapped in hospitals because there is nowhere for them to go in the community. We all know what a crisis our nhs is in with many people left languishing on trolleys for hours. These problems will get even worse because of the immigration proposals that Boris Johnson because of the immigration proposals that borisjohnson is putting forward today. Clearly, there are some very specific and special concerns around that sector, but more broadly, as a party, do you think this might encourage employers in other sectors to put up wages to invest more in staff in order to retain them, and wouldnt that be a good thing in labours dear . Obviously, we want employers to pay better wages. That is why we thought the 2019 election and we were talking about the living wage, we we re talking about the living wage, we were talking about investing in skills and in rebalancing the economy. That is obviously a good thing, but remember we have an economy at the moment when there are high levels of unemployment in many sectors face huge vacancy rates, particularly the social care sector. They will not be able to survive u nless they will not be able to survive unless they recruit internationally andi unless they recruit internationally and i have got to say, i think theres something rather offensive about describing our social care workers, who care for our elderly and adults with disabilities, as low skilled. This is a highly skilled job. But the government, by putting them in the category of low skilled, is not only offending people and defending lots of people who work in the sector, but is actually going to make the problems in the sector even worse. It doesnt make any sense. It is suggested to me that the government either dont care about the most vulnerable in a society or dont understand the issues on the ground. 0k, john ashworth, Shadow Health and care secretary, good to get your views. Thank you very much for your time. Scientists say the shipping industry could be powered by ammonia in place of polluting diesel, as a way of reducing Carbon Emissions within a decade. The chemical ammonia the key ingredient of fertilisers produces no carbon dioxide, though it does generate another greenhouse gas. A report by the Royal Society says ammonia production currently creates 1. 8 of global co2 emissions the most of any chemical industry. But the authors of the report say new technology can create zero carbon ammonia. Well, for more on this, im joined now by professor bill david, one of the Royal Society report authors. But there is, very good to have you along to talk to us about this. So how would this can work . At the moment, when we are making our ammonia, we make it from natural gas and water and of course, you end up if you are using natural gas, with a lot of emissions, half1 billion of carbon dioxide. A huge amount of carbon dioxide. A huge amount of carbon dioxide. A huge amount of carbon dioxide. What we need to do is change that and move over to taking ammonia, which is basically three atoms of hydrogen and one of nitrogen. We take the hydrogen from water and the nitrogen from the atmosphere and combine them together, and that we can do without electricity, so as there is no carbon in the synthesis of the ammonia, so we can call it green and any other. Zero carbon ammonia. And will this work as effectively as diesel does empowering these huge ships that go across oceans and so on . That is what the maritime industry believe and its. Has it been trialled . In an yes, one is bigger Engine Manufacturers for shipping and showed that you can not just burn and then a two cycle engine, but can actually retrofit existing ones, and say that is something you dont have to get a new ship and a new engine, but can actually change existing ones and they do when on ammonia. You need about twice as much full fuel, but so you need bigger amounts of space, but it can be done. If you can make it this screen where there is no carbon in its production, the shipping industry would be the first to decarbonise. How quickly do think could happen . Our viewers will be aware that the target is to it keep the temperature increase below 1. 5 degrees, so as to avoid the worst extremes degrees, so as to avoid the worst extre m es of degrees, so as to avoid the worst extremes of climate change, so how quickly can this be done . It can be done by 2050. We are going to transition through blue ammonia, whether using fossil fuels between carbon capture, so we capture the carbon capture, so we capture the Carbon Emissions and bury it underground, and then found 2030 onwards we are going to be moving over to the screen ammonia, when the technologies will be at a price and be might be green and only. It will be accessible than, and i can see around 2040 we will move over fully to green ammonia, and perhaps even earlier offering the opportunity of zero carbon on the oceans. So we can opportunity of zero carbon on the oceans. So we can see a opportunity of zero carbon on the oceans. So we can see a process there, tracking between now and 2050. Where else could the sort of technology and this idea be applied, apart from the shipping industry . M one hand, we get ammonia taking a big ship ten thousands of miles across the ocean and on the other hand weve got lithium batteries in ca rs hand weve got lithium batteries in cars with only a few miles comparatively, the question to ask is how far down in the size of the vehicle can you come to . I think that in chains, for example, we could put ammonia into trains. Heavy duty freight, we can do. That is already being talked about in terms of hydrogen, but hydrogen and ammonia are two Different Things and we basically want to trial both and find out what is best. I think heavy duty freight and even perhaps aviation could be decarbonise with this. We are actually proof of concept thing on that at the moment, so that would be a big one, but i dont want to say gas just yet. So that would be a big one, but i dont want to say gasjust yet. 0k, thank you, professor bill david from the Royal Society. The former norwich city, Nottingham Forest and notts county strikerJustin Fashanu will today be posthumously inducted into the National Football museum hall of fame. Justin was the first english professional to come out as gay while still playing, and he was also britains first £1 million black footballer. He took his own life aged 37. His niece, amal, will today accept the award on his behalf, on what would have been his 59th birthday. Joining me now from birmingham is a possessor who wrote the first ever piece of research on homosexuality in football. Thank you very much for joining us today, and that piece of research, which was i believe ten yea rs research, which was i believe ten years ago . It was ten years ago. It found that nearly a quarter of people, other players, coaches, referees and people indulge in professional football personally knew a player who was gay, but so far at the top league of football, Justin Fashanu has been the only player ever to come out as openly 93v player ever to come out as openly gay whilst still playing. I think your report thought that by now, others would have, but that hasnt happened, has it . No, and in a sense, i shouldnt really be that surprised. What actually happened ten yea rs surprised. What actually happened ten years ago, as you say, many of the fans said, oh, it isjust ten years ago, as you say, many of the fans said, oh, it is just a matter of time. We expect within the next four or five years that a gay player will come out. And so we went along with that. But it didnt come to pass, for all manner of reasons, this code of silence is still being observed. But one of the mess that we try to debunk in that research was that fans themselves were homophobic and they would give any 93v homophobic and they would give any gay player who came out a terrible time. And that was widely accepted at the time. Ten years ago, remember. But people to say even today say the reason why gay players wont come out as they are fearful they will get abuse from the crowd. I dont think that is really going to happen. You dont think that is going to happen, even though there is clearly an issue with racism with a minority, but a very disturbing minority, fans chanting racist abuse at players . You dont think they will be a minority of fans chanting homophobic abuse . No. I do accept that there is racism. I think that racism has made a comeback in recent yea rs racism has made a comeback in recent years in british football, and it is prevalent all over the world outside britain too. But in terms of homophobia, no, the research doesnt bear this out. If fans say they are actually slightly embarrassed that there are no gay players openly in football. But there are obviously, somewhere along the line, filters or prohibitions that are stopping gay footballers coming out. And my suspicion, and a suspicion at the moment of course, but it kind of makes sense, and that is that managers or owners or possibly agents are advising gay players that it would not be in their best interests to come out at the moment and they keep on putting it off. Saying maybe in a few yearss time, maybe come out then, but for now why risk it . These are people whose invested interests a re risk it . These are people whose invested interests are in keeping the game the way it is. Football is a conservative sport, so it is an agent has a player who is gay and confides in him that he is planning on coming out, the agent may say, hang ona on coming out, the agent may say, hang on a minute. I and on coming out, the agent may say, hang on a minute. Iand my on coming out, the agent may say, hang on a minute. I and my money, in my 10 or whatever the commission is, from your earnings and i have got deals with sponsors and advertisers and manufacturers of products, endorsement deals that are worth £2 million over the next 12 months. Why would you want to jeopardise those . Now the player himself may not be unduly worried about risking a couple of million quid, buta about risking a couple of million quid, but a commission that is paid to the agent will make him wonder andi to the agent will make him wonder and i think that is basically what is happening and that is why we are not seeing any gay players coming out in football. But thank you very much for talking to us today. Pleasure. In a moment well have all the business news, but first the headlines on bbc news. Therell be no visas for low skilled workers as the government unveils plans for a points based immigration system. More heavy rain is expected in flooded communities in england and wales, adding to fears that flood defences might not withstand rising river levels. The rising river levels. Inquest into Caroline Flacks gas the inquest into Caroline Flacks gas opens and is adjourned until august as her family released an unpublished Instagram Post that she weighed just days before she died. That she wrote just days before she died. I have the business news. Inflation has risen to1. 8 injanuary. Its at its highest level in six months. Rising Energy Prices were the main factor, pushing up the cost of Household Bills for gas and electricity. Another safety problem for boeings 737 max has been revealed. Debris has been found in the fuel tanks of several new aircraft, which were awaiting delivery to airlines. The latest model of the worlds biggest selling plane is already grounded after two fatal crashes but boeing says it does not believe this issue will delay its return to service. Campaigners have urged the government to take urgent action to save cash. The access to cash review has warned that the use of notes and coins could collapse within a decade unless the chancellor rishi sunak acts to ensure consumers can access cash machines for free. Hello and good morning. Lets start with that new inflation figure forjanuary. The rate at which prices went up on average in january, compared with the same month last year, has taken many by surprise. The figure of 1. 8 is higher than many had expected. The rise has been fuelled by the cost of fuelling many everyday needs. Gas and electricity prices went up, along with petrol and airfares. Compare it with the figure for december 1. 3 and you get a sense of what kind ofjump it is. Shanti keleman is investment director at brown shipley. Thank director at brown shipley. You very much for being us thank you very much for being with us today. Why did Energy Prices go up so sharply . Pa rt part of it is related to the introduction of a cap on Energy Prices. That came into effect a bit more than a year ago, so that impact has effectively dropped out because we have now had that cap for a full year period. The other thing is there is a lag between oil prices that you see globally and that feeling into petrol prices, so oil has come down sharply in the past month. I would expect to see petrol prices fall in coming months if that continues, but it hasnt come through in lower prices as of the end of january for consumers in through in lower prices as of the end ofjanuary for consumers in the uk. So perhapsjust a blip in the bigger picture. Delving into the details of this statistical release, what else have we learned about the state of the economy as it was in january . I think it shows that the bank of england was right not to reduce Interest Rates when they met in january. It shows that we are reduce Interest Rates when they met injanuary. It shows that we are not heading into a deflationary spiral, soi heading into a deflationary spiral, so i think there is positive things. And this is still a fairly low level of inflation is a role. We were about 3 if you go back to the beginning of 2018. I am more interested in what the plans are the Government Spending for the budget thatis Government Spending for the budget that is going to come out. I think that is going to come out. I think that will drive the uk economy more than perhaps, you know, the uk rate dropped by 25 basis points. As you say, the bank of england did not move as many people expected to end january. Do you think this latest data job changes the outlook for the Interest Rate in the next two months . I think for now, Interest Rates should be on hold and it seems likely that that is because the bank of england will take, unless we start to see a sharp drop in Economic Growth or perhaps we have ramblings about, you know, leaving the eu with no deal and there are worries about that. Inflation is low, which means they have no reason to raise rates, which i think is positive and it means we can continue to have low rates that help support the economy. 0k, thank you very much forjoining us today. Other business stories were following today Qatar Airways has bought more shares in the owner of british airways. The middle eastern carrier now owns just over a quarter of shares in International Airlines group, which also owns iberia and aer lingus. Qatar airways said its investment in iag to date has been highly successful and that it continues to support its strategy. If youre looking for a copy of the Daily Telegraph to read on the train, you wont find it at whsmith. The retailer has stopped selling the newspaper at its 120 train Station Stores in a row over its share of the price. The telegraph raised its price from £2 to £2. 50 but will not increase the share of the price that it pays to retailers. The federation of independent retailers says its disappointing at a time when newsagents are under financial pressure. And metro bank has appointed dan frumkin as its new chief executive. Hed been doing thejob in the interim since the newcomer banks founder vernon hill and former chief Craig Donaldson resigned over a major accounting error. The new boss says the bank has, robust foundations and real potential to shake up british banking. Investor sentiment in general has been boosted by a decline in the number of new cases of the coronavirus. You can see that bourne out by the ftse100 here in london, up by not. 7 . Housebuilders here in the uk are doing well after analysts at hsbc published an upbeat report about their prospects. Mixed picture on the pound today. Normally higher inflation would be an indicator that Interest Rates might go up, which tends to boost the pound. But investors seem undecided about that today. It is down below the 1. 30 mark. Thats all the business news. Media gathered for the 40th brit awards last night, Billie Eilish and storms are among the winners. The evening will be remembered for some political performances, notably from the rapper dave who won best album. He paid tribute to the Grenfell Tower victims and called the politicians racist. Here is more. I dont need your lies no more i dont need your lies no more the 40th brit awards and it was a big night for. Lewis compels a. A popular winner, but they had to hit the mute button for his speech, as if it was a little bit too much for a pre watershed audience. But others we re a pre watershed audience. But others were here to be heard, such as the Mercury Prize winning artist, dave, ina limp Mercury Prize winning artist, dave, in a limp performance that was impassioned, angry and political. Ina impassioned, angry and political. In a performance that was impassioned. I impassioned. Isay impassioned. I say the least racist is still racist. And the creator. In 2015 he was banned from entering the country because of statements that were thought to have led to violence. Five years on he was centre stage with a brit and a message to the former home secretary. Thank you, theresa may. Theresa may. There was also a heartfelt and personal message from another brit winner. I have felt there we hated recently. 18yearold Billie Eilish, 54 million followers on instagram and her welcome here a release on the online hate. But are you genuinely want made me want to cry and they want to cry right now. Now its time for the weather. This is the rainfall you can see this morning, as you can see all across ireland, wales and south west of england and that will continue to spread across towards eastern parts. The cloud will quickly increase here, patchy rain arriving late on this afternoon and the rain turning a bit heavier across western scotland, wales and north west england this afternoon. Maximum temperature 7 10dc. But it is across southern scotland, north west england and parts of wales where there is some concern without the heavy rain at the met office had issued some yellow weather warnings with the chance of more flooding in the coming days. That vein, as you can see, we just stick around scotla nd can see, we just stick around scotland and north west england and wales, which is why there is concern, with 70 100 millimetres here of rainfall before it clears away. Sunny spells afterwards, but much colder tomorrow afternoon. You are watching bbc news. Its midday and these are the main stories this lunchtime. There will be no visas for low skilled and low paid workers, as the government unveils plans for a points based system for immigration. This basically redefines our immigration policy, so the brightest and the best, people with skills, need to come to the uk. This policy will turn into a muddle, and yet it sends a very clear message that immigration is a bad thing. The inquest into Caroline Flacks death opens and is adjourned until august, as her family death opens and is adjourned until august, as herfamily release an unpublished Instagram Post she wrote just days before she died. More heavy rain is expected in the flooded areas of england and wales, adding to fears flood defences might not withstand rising river levels. The first passengers who tested negative for coronavirus have begun leaving a ship moored offjapan after 14 days in quarantine. The truth is our Prime Minister is a real racist. The rapper dave takes a swipe at borisjohnson as he lands the big prize at the brit awards. Fashanu. A the big prize at the brit awards. Fashanu. A magnificent the big prize at the brit awards. Fashanu. A magnificent goal coming up, we rememberJustin Fashanu, the first openly gay footballer, who has been inducted into the hall of fame today. Good afternoon and welcome. I am annita mcveigh. Low skilled Migrant Workers seeking employment in the uk will not be able to get a visa under the governments new plans for a points based immigration system. Ministers say employers must move away from a reliance on cheap labour from europe and invest in technology. The scheme, which comes into force next january, technology. The scheme, which comes into force nextjanuary, will apply equally to immigrants from inside and outside the eu. The new system is about points, and people who want to come will need at least 70 to apply, so how does it break down . Having a job offer before you apply will get you 20 points. You will also get a further 20 points if that job is at an appropriate skill level. A further 20 points will be awarded if you have a £25,000 salary or work in awarded if you have a £25,000 salary orwork ina awarded if you have a £25,000 salary or work in a sector where there is a labour shortage. Speaking english will also be a requirement, earning somebody ten points. There will be no entry to the ok for most people doing what is classed as lower skilled work in restaurants, care homes orfood skilled work in restaurants, care homes or Food Processing skilled work in restaurants, care homes orFood Processing plants. Danny shaw reports. The uks immigration system is changing. From next year, people who want to work in britain will be treated the same if they are from the eu or outside it. The government said top priority will go to those with the highest skills and the greatest talents. On a visit to Imperial College in london, home secretary priti patel mapped out the way ahead. She wants the brightest and best to work and study in the uk, at high tech laboratories like this, where they do groundbreaking research on carbon capture. This basically redefines our immigration policy, so the brightest and the best, people with skills needed to come to the uk, and we will no longer have to use for cheap, low skilled labour, which has dominated immigration and the Labour Market for far too long. The new immigration system is about points, with people wanting to come here needing at least 70 to apply. 50 points will be awarded if you speak english and have a skilled job. 20 points come from a £25,000 salary or working in a sector where there is a labour shortage, but no entry to the uk for most people doing lower skilled work in restaurants, care homes or Food Processing plants. I think there are going to have to be a lot of exceptions. I think this policy is going to turn into a muddle, and yet it sends a very clear message that immigration is a bad thing, and i think thats a toxic message to send. Lets concentrate on a practical system, a fair system that can be made to work. Businesses which rely on lower skilled Migrant Workers are being told they will have to improve productivity, invest in technology, and do more to retain their existing staff. The government is clear that overall levels of migrations will be reduced. Danny shaw, bbc news. Lets talk to our assistant Political Editor, norman smith. The government is coming in for some heavy criticism in all of this, not just from other political parties, as one might expect, but from various interested parties in business, the social care sector and so on, with some saying there will need to be exemptions. So on, with some saying there will need to be exemptionslj so on, with some saying there will need to be exemptions. I think its true to say many in business are deeply alarmed by the package unveiled today, not just deeply alarmed by the package unveiled today, notjust because of the timescale. They are suggesting they will have to have in place new systems to apply for visas and sponsoring skilled workers by the summer. But the big alarm is those sectors heavily dependent on low skilled workers, and there are a lot of affected industries, you mentioned care, but also retail, hospitality, construction, Food Processing. It goes on and on. The big question is, what are they to do . The response from the government has been quite blunt, well, you have had it easy for far too long, you have relied much too heavily on cheap eu labour, and now you will have to recruit and train british workers. Indeed, the home secretary, priti patel, said she thought it was a fantastic opportunity for British Companies to join the government in levelling up the country. She suggested that there were 8 million economically inactive citizens in britain. These are based on the latest official ons figures, 8 million economically inactive citizens who companies could recruit. Now, that, frankly, has prompted incredulity and ridicule from many in business and the opposition parties who say, hang on, that 8 million figure is mostly made up that 8 million figure is mostly made up of the long term sick, students, the retired, carers. In other words, these are not some 8 Million People sitting around, waiting to work. And the fear of many in the Business Community is, actually come we are at near full community is, actually come we are at nearfull employment, community is, actually come we are at near full employment, and there isnt that available pool of available british workers to take on, if they are deprived of access to eu staff. Is the government putting any figures on this . We know the government has a difficult history when it comes to talking about targets for reducing immigration, but have they put any figures on this . They have been conspicuous and avoided targets. Lets be honest, theresa may and David Cameron at their figures in the tens of thousands, and the numbersjust the tens of thousands, and the numbers just went up and up the tens of thousands, and the numbersjust went up and up and every month the figures came out it was deeply embarrassing, so Boris Johnson clearly doesnt want a repeat. Instead, he hasjust said, over time, there will be a reduction in overall levels of immigration. I have to say, we will have to see because, while it is absolutely true that low skilled immigration, the drawbridge has pretty much been pulled up, on skilled immigration the pathway has been made easier, so there is no cap on skilled immigration from anywhere in the rest of the world. The salary threshold has actually been lowered from 30,000 to 25,000, and the skills threshold has been lowered from the equivalent of a graduate degree to a level. What that actually means is, for many skilled workers outside the eu, coming to britain will be much easier, so its quite possible you will see a rise in skilled immigration into the uk. Thank you, norman. Lets get reaction to all of this from toby williams, the chairman of the Kent National farmers union. Thank you forjoining us. Are your members ready to recruit and train british workers in places like kent, a key region for food growing, for example . The National Farmers union was saying, in 2017, of the 60,000 Seasonal Workers picking fruit and veg, barely 1 was british. Thats right, and that it begs the is there the available workforce indigenous to supply the number of vacancies . We would argue not. What the nfu are calling on is for the government to commit to and step up to the 70,000 places needed on the Seasonal Agricultural work scheme. Do you think it is that there are not enough workers here available to work, or simply that they dont want to do these particularjobs . work, or simply that they dont want to do these particularjobs . I think there could be a bit of both. We have got record unemployment, record employment at the moment, so you have to ask, are there the people there to do that work . Where are the people waiting for jobs there to do that work . Where are the people waiting forjobs on farms to do the harvesting and Seasonal Work . The other key thing is that a lot of these jobs are seasonal, so they are around for a few months, perhaps three to six months in a year, they are not a full time job, as three to six months in a year, they are not a full timejob, as in 12 months per year. So does that suit somebody living in our economy . Are you concerned that the government is saying there will be a special scheme to ensure there are enough Agricultural Workers . What are your concerns . Do you think that is going to give you enough certainty and guarantee of the people to come in and pick these crops . We need certainty to do that because, to grow the crop, you have to be sure you can harvest it, so we are talking about 70,000 places required by 2021 on the Seasonal Agricultural workers in skin, and we the government to commit to that and not to tie itjust a fruit and veg, it needs to be to all agricultural businesses, whether they be ornamental, producing flowers, the new viticulture sector for growing grapes, etc. It has to be open and allow the people recruiting the workers to do it directly, as employers, and through Labour Providers as well. Are you saying some farmers might decide not to grow some crops, in the short term, and spent the money on the outlay for planting those crops, if they think they will not be able to harvest them . Thats quite right. You have got a big Capital Investment, so anything like this which puts some ambiguity on whether we would be able to have enough staff to harvest what you have grown could stop the Capital Investment that has happened now. Its notjust a five minute with farming. You are talking about investment that is put in place for a number of years, so really you need a certainty that you can get those staff to do the harvesting. Ultimately, could that lead to the uk being more reliance on imports from elsewhere in the eu . It could do, as you say. If you cant harvest the stuff, how do we get it from the plant or the tree or whatever through to the consumer . Its got to be harvested and taken there. The government mentioned about automation, and there are things being done on that, but its not going to be here in five minutes time, you are talking ten yea rs minutes time, you are talking ten years out, probably and thats not going to be a complete panacea. So i really think that you know, theyve got to commit to the 70,000 that we need for this sector. Weve talked about 10,000, that isnt enough. We need commitment to carry on with the investment. Toby williams, chairman of the Kent National farmers union, good to get your thoughts. If you have a question about how the new immigration rules will affect you or your business, get in touch, because we will try and answer as many as we can at 3 30pm. We are keen for you to get in touch with your questions. Caroline flacks family have shared a previously unpublished social media post she wrote before she died, describing how her arrest for allegedly assaulting her boyfriend went at her whole future was swept from under her feet. Went at her whole future was swept from under herfeet. The inquest into the former love island presenters death opened today before being adjourned until august. The Coroners Office said she appeared to have been found hanged at her home on saturday, weeks before she was due to stand trial on charges of assaulting her boyfriend, who is burton, in december. Our respondent Richard Galpin was at the inquest and sent this update. It was quite a short hearing, then adjourned, but we learnt some key points from what the coroner and the Coroners Officer said. The coroner started off with pretty stern words to the media. Obviously, a lot of media at the opening of the inquest. The coroner said that the media must report this accurately and fairly, and also respect the privacy of Caroline Flacks family. What we also heard from the Coroners Officer was that the police had been flagged down at a residence, or near a residence, in Stoke Newington in north london around about 2 30pm on saturday. They were taken into the residents, where they found a woman lying on her back, obviously, Caroline Flack. The police tried to resuscitate her, but then the paramedics took over. They also tried to resuscitate her, but they we re tried to resuscitate her, but they were not able to keep her alive, and she was then pronounced dead. Caroline flacks sister then identified her. Those were the key points which we had from the inquest this morning. As you have said, its been adjourned until august. Talk to us about the Instagram Post, that post written by Caroline Flack in the days before her death and published by her family. Yes, obviously, very emotional, and some really important messages in that Instagram Post, which of course wasnt published until today. She wasnt published until today. She was saying that she had accepted shame and toxic opinions on her life for ten years, and that shed brushed this under the carpet. She said, when she was arrested for assault on her boyfriend, within 24 hours, a whole world and future were swept away from her, and she lost herjob and her home. She said all the walls which she built around her to protect her had collapsed, and that she really was having some kind of emotional breakdown, had been having some kind of emotional breakdown for a very long time. She went on to say that she was not a domestic abuser, and that she had written that Instagram Post because, she said, her family could not take it any more. If you are affected by any of the issues raised here, information and support is available from the bbc action line, and the number is on the screen. Lets catch up with sport, and head back tojoin ollie lets catch up with sport, and head back to join ollie foster. Las vegas is gearing up for the world heavyweight title fight between tyson fury, the wbc champion Deontay Wilder, with both men big enough saturdays match. Tyson fury says this is the biggest fight in the division for 50 years we arrived at the venue, the mgm grand last night, making another one of his fashion statement, a jacket covered with pictures of his own face. Both men are unbeaten. The first fight between them ended in a drawer 15 months ago. Im going to play him on the back foot from round one and keep him there. Ive got his number, because he got me down and he couldnt keep me down, and that must be playing on his mind because he is knocked everybody else out. Im coming for you, baby. I never imagined going as faras im going you, baby. I never imagined going as far as im going and what i am achieving the step it was a simple, basic plan for me, to make a few dollars for my daughter. I never thought about in the heavyweight champion of the world. Anything is possible if you believe that it is. Is laura kenny has revealed she refused to have an operation on a broken shoulder last month, fearing it mightjeopardise broken shoulder last month, fearing it might jeopardise her olympic hopes this summer. The four time olympic champion fractured a bone after falling at the track cycling world cup, but decided against having a procedure to take part at the World Championships later this month. She has had to opt out the tea m month. She has had to opt out the team pursuit because of the injury. It was three weeks on sunday. Ive gone through ups and downs with it. Like, i was obviously really upset the first time i saw my physio because i was like, what on earth are we going to do. Does this need an operation . It did not help that the surgeon i went and saw told me that the olympics was pretty much off the cards, because he thought id need to be operated on, but i was like, nah, an operation is not for me, thanks. I want to try and go. In formula 1, all the teams are in barcelona. Sebastian vettel has been given the day off by ferrari. The four time World Champion is not feeling well. That is the new alfa romeo, unveiled earlier by Kimi Raikkonen and antonio giovinazzi. Thats just one of the cars out on the track today. The season starts next month in melbourne. Its under there somewhere. Thats on the spot for now. I will be back after the one oclock news at about 1 30pm. All the sport for now. Hundreds of passengers who have tested negative for coronavirus and are healthy with no symptoms of illness have disembarked from the diamond princess cruise liner that has been quarantined in the japanese port of yokohama for more than two weeks. The vessel was carrying more than 3700 people when it was isolated earlier this month. More than 600 of those passengers have been infected. Thats the biggest cluster outside china. The uk government has told british passengers to stay on board, and says it is preparing to fly most of them home in the coming days. Four who have been infected will likely treated in japan. Finally released after weeks on a luxury cruise liner, in far from luxurious circumstances, due to an outbreak of coronavirus on board. Groups of passengers whove tested negative allowed to leave. But its not good news for britains david and sally abel whod been documenting their ordeal. They have the virus. We are both positive. We are going to a hostel because there is not a hospital bed anywhere around, ok . So were going to a hostel and, in four orfive days, we will be removed from the hostel and put into a hospital, where we will receive treatment. They have had their bags packed for over 24 hours, and they thought they were being taken yesterday, but nobody came. The fco are saying that people who are negative canjust disembark as of 7am this morning japanese time, and obviously they have been told to stay in their room, so i think that is confirmation that they are positive, but one minute they are told they are going to be taken in an ambulance, the next they are told they will be taken on a coach. They are being messed about. These are two old age pensioners, and i dont like to think of them like that, but i have been through so much, and ijust want someone to take care of them. The Foreign Office here in london has been facing some stinging criticism, not least from the abel family, that they have not been doing enough to help the british citizens stranded on board the cruise ship. Officials though insist they have been working to organise a Repatriation Flight but it is thought anyone returning to the uk is likely to have to face a further period in quarantine. 340 us citizens were allowed off the ship earlier this week, but more than 540 people on board have tested positive for the virus, the biggest outbreak outside china, raising questions about whether the keeping passengers on board whats been called the floating prison for so long was the best way to deal with the situation. Simon jones, bbc news. We are hearing that china has revoked the press credentials, in other words expelled, three foreign journalists based in beijing. A statement from the Chinese Foreign Ministry Said it was in retaliation for a headline in the wall street journal that it considered racist. China has been demanding an apology from the wall streetjournal after it published an opinion piece by a us professor earlier this month, and that was the headline at the centre of this, china is the real sick man of this, china is the real sick man of asia. It argued that the outbreak of asia. It argued that the outbreak of coronavirus highlights deeper risks inherent in chinas political system. The foreign minister of china has called this an unprecedented form of retaliation. Stephen mcdonnell is invasion. Stephen, that criticism of chinas political system is really the thorn in the side of china, as far as its response to this article. Stephen mcdonnell is invasion. It could very well be, and this is incredible, really. Ive been here since 2005 had never seen anything like it. In the past, there have been corresponding tos who have been effectively kicked out when their credentials are not renewed, but this is the first time in decades that any reporters with existing credentials have been told to pack their bags, they have been given five days to leave the country, three of them from the same newspaper. None of them had anything to do with this opinion piece. They are normal china correspondents. Whether or not people had issue with that headline and thought it was racist for that headline to be suggesting that china was the sick man of asia, sure, i can imagine there would be a lot of debate about that, and many would share that view, the idea that the punishment for that would be so extreme, i mean, it seems very, very drastic, and its likely to cause increased diplomatic tensions between the us and china. Thats because it comes a day after the Us Government decided to label five major news organisations from china, based in the us, as effectively diplomatic entities, meaning that they are not really reporters, they are actually working for the communist party in the united states. Effectively, it doesnt stop them reporting there, but its very symbolic, and its a clear message from the Trump Administration to them, things like the chinese english Language Television network, its declaring everybody that they are not real journalists, that they are a wing of the communist party. This has happened a day after, and it seems like it could very well be just as much retaliation to that move by the Us Government as it has been for that supposedly racist headline. Stephen, bring us up to date, if you would, on the latest Coronavirus Infection figures and the death toll. For coronavirus figures continue to go up, especially within hubei province. A very tough situation there. The real number would be beyond those official figures, in terms of the infected, in terms of the dead. Everybody knows that including government officials. But a very different picture in the rest of the country. Outside hubei province, the number coming down. In the whole of china, in the last 24 hours, only another 50 or so cases were added in terms of infections. Even if it is double that, it shows a trend that doesnt seem to be coming down, and it seems to be showing that these restrictions on peoples movements are kicking in and slowing the spread of this potentially deadly disease. Thank you for that, Stephen Mcdonnell in beijing. Flooded communities in england and wales are expecting more heavy rain, adding to fears that flood defences might not withstand rising river levels. About 1400 homes and businesses have been affected by floods in the wake of downpours brought based on dennis. The rivers wye and severn reached their highest ever levels, with people evacuated from the highest at risk areas. There are six severe flood running still in place and the met office has issued three yellow weather warnings for rain for wales and yorkshire, which began today. Lets go to tewkesbury in gloucestershire, where our correspondence gave us an update a little earlier. Water levels on the river seven u pstrea m water levels on the river seven upstream from here are continuing to rise in places, meaning that the effects of storm dennis are still being felt. On the river severn. Here in tewkesbury, the levels have peaked, we are told, and some people here say they have seen a slight drop in the levels today, but this is supposed to be a road, and this is supposed to be a road, and this isa is supposed to be a road, and this is a business which is shut for the day. Many businesses around here simply cant open because they have had water lapping into them over the last couple of days. You can see on that Handyman Centre a white line, which marks the flood level way back on the 20th ofjuly in 2007, when tewkesbu ry on the 20th ofjuly in 2007, when tewkesbury was turned into an island. The town was completely cut off, with the routes in and out not possible by cars. People were having to come here by boat. It was described as an island. 135,000 homes were without water. 825 homes had to be evacuated. It is memories of that flood in the town which people are really worrying about. But there is also a sense of resilience. They have been through it before and, they say, they will go through it again. The road over there is called harbour view, and these houses certainly have a harbour view today the river is just beyond this factory here, but todayit just beyond this factory here, but today it has spilled out right in front of these houses. You cant get a carup and front of these houses. You cant get a car up and down the stretch of road, but somehow the petrol station in the distance has managed to stay open today. The water level is not quite reaching there. There is a slight hill here, which has up to save the houses at the top of the road. Are very few houses flooded in tewkesbury, they are on the other side of the town, and many people have luckily just survived side of the town, and many people have luckilyjust survived it, but they are keeping a close eye on the water. Lots of people have been walking up and down the stretch the town centre, commenting and trying town centre, commenting and trying to see where the water levels are, just checking they are not going to rise. Just beyond us, you can see, why in the distance, there is the town abbey, and there are the fire service. They have been out and about reassuring people, and there have been welfare checks going on, with people trying to point out when the water levels will recede. We are told over the next couple of days that will hopefully happen here. At the moment, there is only one main route from the a38 into the centre of the town. People are being imaginative and getting their bikes through. We saw somebody on a scooter earlier. I spoke to a chap who had worked for a mile and a half to get to the dentist. People are certainly getting out and about. We are told the worst affected areas at the moment, like shropshire, yorkshire and south wales, so, if you are in those areas, you can go to the Environment Agency website for the most up to date information and to stay safe. If you are in tewkesbury or any other parts of the uk affected by flooding, you will be taking more than a usual interest in the Weather Forecast. Lets get you up to date. The thing we could really do with to help the situation is dry weather but we are not going to get it. We have a yellow weather warning this time, more rain to come across parts of wales, north west england, south west scotland and catchment areas like worcestershire and gloucestershire, so more rain is coming here for this afternoon and parts of western scotland, Northern Ireland churning pretty soggy. Further east and south, some rain but more patchy in nature. Temperatures 7 10d and quite windy. The rain will continue across those hills in the west as we go through this evening and overton into the night. Some spots could see 100 millimetres of rain on top of what we had already had, so that will exacerbate the flooding problems. The rain will intensify a very mild heavy and gusty winds and it will start to turn colder in the north, wintry showers in scotland and Northern Ireland. Hello this is bbc newsroom live with me. They had lines. Therell be no visas for low skilled workers as the government unveils plans for a points based immigration system. The inquest into Caroline Flacks death opens and is adjourned until august, as herfamily release an unpublished Instagram Post, which she wrote days before she died. More heavy rain is expected in flooded communities in england and wales, adding to fears that flood defences might not withstand rising river levels. The first passengers who have tested negative for coronavirus have begun leaving a ship moored off japan, after 14 days of quarantine. Air travel is a growing source of global emissions, but you might be surprised to hear that a huge proportion of flights taken are not people going on the big annual get away. A National Survey suggests that half of all flights taken by young men and a third of all flights taken by young men and a third of all flights ta ken by young young men and a third of all flights taken by young women under 40 where full stag and hen dos. Our reporter has more. How many of you have been abroad for a hen do . Most of us have been on one. I think all of the stag dos before there is one were abroad. Every single site you have been on in europe, pretty much, is always a stag or hen. We had one in berlin, which was fun. Even for these stags and hens staying in the uk, their Top Priorities are cost and convenience, not the environment. Has anyone ever turn one down because it was too far away, too much hassle . They are a drain on your resources. Yes, the stag wanted to go is going skiing and it was going to be £1000 before you had a pint. I was actually surprised that it wasjust in liverpool. I was waiting to hear that it would be in spain. Having a swanky dude closer to home is still popular. Environmental tab charity how bub wa nt environmental tab charity how bub want more people to think of it as an option. I not saying no one should ever get on a plane, but we shouldnt be booking holidays and flying because we cant think of anything else to do and not exploring other options that are closer to home and betterfor the environment and will save you money. The same report says that if you are starting from london, swapping a return flight to vegas for a train trip to manchester is the same as a heavy meet ito going vegan for one and a half years, and switching a flight and a half years, and switching a flight from amsterdam to a train to newquay is the same as giving up driving for a week and a half. Maybe some are heeding the warning. This uk stag and hen business is booming. In the last couple of years, we have almost doubled the amount of business we have seen from the uk and ireland. And they kind of experience we can offer in the uk, the quality is significantly higher than what we see in europe. The Airline Industry says they have been working really hard recently to try to cut emissions from flights, but the next generation of brides and grooms are eight likely to be even more conscious about my mental impact, so are more likely to be having fun in the uk here instead. It is this persons tend to get married next, and there is no chance she is risking the uk weather. Im quite a party girl, so going on a weekend in bab Firmin Ndombe mubele. You only get married once, so why not make the most of it and have a fun time . And sometimes no matter how much they cost to your wallet on the environment, no matter what the cost, what the bride says goes. The green mp Caroline Lucas is under investigation for a possible breach of parliamentary rules. The mp is understood to have offered a personal tour of the house of commons in exchange for £150 as part ofa commons in exchange for £150 as part of a fundraising drive during last yea rs of a fundraising drive during last years general election. The mps code of conduct states members must not offer tours of the house in raffles or auctions. Ms lucas says she was aware of the d rules, but didnt believe she had done anything wrong. More on our top story now and the governments plans for a post eu exit immigration system. We have a reporter at westminster for more reaction. Mps have been mulling over the paper produced by this new points based immigration system. The detail is absolutely crucial. A good deal of unease amongst the Business Community, particularly those who are reliant on cheaper eu labour. Lets talk to the conservative mp, tobias ellwood. From what you have seen so far, do you think the concerns of business are serious . We absolutely must listen to businesses and ultimately that is what we need to do here. The focus is on making sure we have the right skill sets to ta ke sure we have the right skill sets to take it into the future. The workplace is getting more competitive and productivity in the uk is not what it should be. We are behind countries such as germany and so forth, and we cant rely on the cheap eu labour. Also, we cant continue to grow this. The size of the uk by that to 200,000 people every year. There was a mandate in the last three elections we had to get a grasp of this. Youre never going to get a perfect scenario here, but this is a vision to say there is a better understanding of who comes in and. But you make a strong point. We must listen to the businesses to make sure we get the right skill sets for this country. What about the speed at which this bill is being implemented . The Business Community say if they are to apply for visas and sponsor skilled workers, they will have to start putting procedures in place this summer. In other words, they have only got months to do this. They want more time. Lets not forget, we are not throwing anyone out, so anyone who they work to now will continue to work in. What were doing is making sure from january next year, we start a new process of having a controlled environment, which again is what was called for in the last elections. Those sectors which are heavily dependent on cheap eu labour say that sounds fine in theory, but the bottom line is that is not a large pool of unemployed workers they can replace those eu staff wait, so what happens in sectors like hospitality or the care sector . Well, we need to make sure we invest in the british people. There are about 2 Million People who are economically inactive and we went through a phase and a neighbour where the benefits budget went from about £60 billion to double to £120 billion. It became easier to live on benefits and that became a lifestyle choice. We have a say no to that and we need to make sure that we encourage people to work. So yes, of course there is going to be a transition period and we need to listen again to employers to make sure that happens, but dont forget they will be some exceptions, not least in nursing and so forth, where visas will be expedited, and full Seasonal Workers such as fruit picking. There will be exceptions there as well. I expect this announcement will go through, and the legislation will pass and we will come back and tweak this. The legislation will pass and we will come back and tweak thislj will come back and tweak this. hope that is the case. Thank you very much for your time. A lot of the devil is in the detail of course, but the government has said this is going to be an evolving scheme. They will look at setting aside some sectors where there are particular shortages and they will seek to modify the scheme if there are areas where there are real pressures on sectors of the british economy. Thank you for that. Let me remind you that if you have got a question about how the new immigration rules will affect you or your business, you can get in touch with us because we are going to be trying to answer as many of those questions as possible at three 30p and this afternoon, where we will be joined by someone from the migration observatory at oxford university. We are observatory at oxford university. We a re really observatory at oxford university. We are really keen for you to get in touch with us. Use the hashtag on your screen. You can also e mail us on your questions at bbc that current uk, as on the screen. Lets catch up with some more business news. Hello, these are your business headlines. Inflation has risen to1. 8 injanuary. Its at its highest level in six months. Rising Energy Prices were the main factor, pushing up the cost of Household Bills for gas and electricity. Another safety problem for boeings 737 max has been revealed. Debris has been found in the fuel tanks of several new aircraft, which were awaiting delivery to airlines. The latest model of the worlds biggest selling plane is already grounded after two fatal crashes but boeing says it does not believe this issue will delay its return to service. Campaigners have urged the government to take urgent action to save cash. The access to cash review has warned that the use of notes and coins could collapse within a decade unless the chancellor rishi sunak acts to ensure consumers can access cash machines for free. Hello and a very good afternoon. Lets talk about the flooding that has been suffered by businesses and communities across england and wales. Storms kira and dennis have wreaked havoc, and there is more bad news to come. Small businesses are particularly at risk as they struggled to get insurance in flood risk areas. We sent a reporter to a farm near ross on wye this morning to look at the economic impact. Just to explain where im standing now, if you look behind me this way this is rapeseed plant that will produce rapeseed oil. The National Farmers union, the nationalfarmers union, who ensure thousands of farms across the country, tell us of that already insurance claims are heading upwards of £20 million and expect that number to of £20 million and expect that numberto climb of £20 million and expect that number to climb much higher. It makes sense. If you think about the battering of these storms, the wild wind and the rain on top of that, and wet upon wet on wet. Lets talk to this, that the impact on his farm. Good morning. Hundreds of acres submerged in water. What does that mean for your crop . Yeah, we had 160 acres of water, most of which was in crop. Motor that has drowning at the moment if it hasnt already drowned. Is it too soon to put a number on that will mean financially for you . Put a number on that will mean financially for you . It is a combination of rain starting in september, so we are led now looking at another rain event. It has culminated in this. We wont know until we can get down here to replant until we can get down here to repla nt and then until we can get down here to replant and then we again wont know until we can get a combine harvester in in august. It was a particularly dry summer last year towards the end of it. What does that do to your soil and trying to bring in your ha rd est . Soil and trying to bring in your hardest . And yes, so we had a tricky harvest getting in and that meant we really struggle to get crops into the ground. That has been nationwide, and we really struggle to get crops in and at the moment, we are going to struggle to get anything else in. How does it compare to other winters you have been through . Farming is in your jeans and in your blood, what does it look like at the moment . It is unprecedented. Be with a level gauges have broken because they have never seen the water this high my dad has never seen this it this high. It is phenomenal. It is humbling ina high. It is phenomenal. It is humbling in a way. We think we are so clever in what we do in agriculture and we are 100 controlled by nature. These events seem to be getting more frequent. You have a new you have a new baby daughter. Congratulations. How optimistic do you feel about her future . Right at the moment, not that optimistic. We think we are trying to farm in the most Sustainable Way we can and have a wider rotation, so that hopefully my daughter can take over this farm as she wants to. I had to stay optimistic, i am still young and i have a career ahead of me, i hope, but this makes it very difficult to remain optimistic. Thank you very much. There is obviously a human side to these floods, at concerns about whether the land that has been in families for generations will be able to pass on. We have been told that money will be made available for people recovering from flooding, but not in all counties across the country. But also about the long term plan. What can we do to protect rural economies when the weather is becoming increasingly unpredictable . A reporter reporting there. Qatar airways has bought more shares in the owner of british airways. The middle eastern carrier now owns just over a quarter of shares in International Airlines group, which also iberia and aer lingus. Qatar airways said its investment in iag to date has been highly successful and that it continues to support its strategy. If youre looking for a copy of the Daily Telegraph to read on the train, you wont find it at whsmith. The retailer has stopped selling the newspaper at its 120 train Station Stores in a row over its share of the price. The telegraph raised its price from £2 to £2. 50 but will not increase the share of the price that it pays to retailers. The federation of independent retailers says its disappointing at a time when newsagents are under financial pressure. And metro bank has appointed dan frumkin as its new chief executive. Hed been doing thejob in the interim since the newcomer banks founder vernon hill and former chief Craig Donaldson resigned over a major accounting error. The new boss says the bank has robust foundations and real potential to shake up british banking. Lets have a look at the markets. Investor sentiment in general has been boosted by a decline in the number of new cases of the coronavirus. House builders here in the uk have are doing well after analysts at hsbc published an upbeat report about their prospects. Mixed picture on the pound today. It is under its recent watermark of 1. 30, despite the fact we have heard about higher inflation, which is normally an indication that Interest Rates might go up and will strengthen the pound, but investors clearly had other things on their mind about that today. That is it for me. A recap that you now. There will be no visas for low skilled workers, as the government unveils plans for a points based immigration system. The inquest for Caroline Flacks death opens and is adjourned until august, as herfamily opens and is adjourned until august, as her family with an unpublished Instagram Post that she wrote days before she died. More heavy rain is expected and flooded communities in england and wales, adding to fears that flood defences might not withstand rising river levels. The former norwich city, Nottingham Forest and notts county striker, Justin Fashanu, has today been posthumously inducted into the hall of fame. He was britains first black footballer and also became the first english professional to come out as gay while still playing. He took his own life at age 37. His niece accepted the award on his behalf on what would have been his 39th birthday. Earlier, ispoke behalf on what would have been his 39th birthday. Earlier, i spoke to the director of sport at stonewalls rainbow laces, which encourages a cce pta nce rainbow laces, which encourages acceptance of lg bt rainbow laces, which encourages acceptance of lgbt diversity in sport. He told me about the significance of this award. sport. He told me about the significance of this award. I think justins experiences have cast a really long shadow on the mails that pulls community. I think experience that he had after coming out in the 90s really sent quite a shock wave through the lg bt 90s really sent quite a shock wave through the Lgbt Community and created a sense that itjust wasnt compatible to be a gay or bisexual man at that professional level of football. I do hope that a lot has changed at a grassroots level, but i think it goes to showjust how big an impact his experiences had on the community. I think when you look at some of the abuse players have received because of the colour of their skin, do you think that would put off someone who is gay from coming out as gay because they think they might be, you know, the subject of this sort of abuse as well . U nfortu nately, of this sort of abuse as well . Unfortunately, there is still a lot of discrimination and abuse that does happen in football. It is committed by a minority of people, so it is not to say at all that this is endemic, but it is a really challenging and hostile atmosphere for lgbt challenging and hostile atmosphere for lg bt people. Challenging and hostile atmosphere for lgbt people. We know that 43 of lg bt for lgbt people. We know that 43 of lgbt people for lgbt people. We know that 43 of lg bt people dont for lgbt people. We know that 43 of lgbt people dont think that football, so im notjust football, isa football, so im notjust football, is a welcoming place for them. What is a welcoming place for them. What is being done to counteract that . Is enough being done and do take some encouragement from the womens professional game . A lot of things have changed and we have been running a campaign at general for the last few years and we have seen huge support from the football association. We are talking right through the national game, the mens game, the womens game and at grassroots and professional levels, especially the big leagues. That campaign has gone native and the public are fighting over who is going to have the brightest and most colourful football. They are amplifying voices from the lgbt groups and the premier league and the fa are doing lots of great work behind the scenes as well. The biggest names in the Music Industry gathered for the 40th brit awards last night, Lewis Capaldi and storms a and Billie Eilish among the winners. There were some political performances, notably by the rapper dave, who won best album. In his song black, he paid tribute to the g re nfell tower song black, he paid tribute to the Grenfell Tower victims and call the Prime Minister a racist. Welcome to the brit awards 2020 im over you and i dont need your lies no more the 40th brit awards and it was a big night for. Lewis capaldi a popular winner, but they had to hit the mute button for his speech, as it was a little too much for a pre watershed audience. But others were here to be heard. Such as the Mercury Prize winning artist, dave. In a performance that was impassioned, angry and political. The truth is our Prime Minister is a real racist. Downing street says it wont be commenting. I say the least racist is still racist and tyler, the creator. In 2015, he was banned from entering the country because of statements it was felt could have led to violence. Five years on, he was centre stage with a brit and a message to the former home secretary. Thank you, theresa may. Theresjust no time to die. There was also a heartfelt and personal message from another brit winner. I have felt very hated recently. 18 year old Billie Eilish, 50 54 million followers on instagram and her welcome here a relief from the online hate. It genuinely made me want to cry and i want to cry right now. It is 500 years since the death of the italian renaissance artist, raphael, famed for his portraits and frescoes. A major exhibition in london later this year will show some of his best loved work and in the vatican, they have been getting ready to hang his tapestries in the sistine chapel, beneath michelangelos ceiling. Our reporter gained exclusive access to the preparations. Choir singing. Where sacred power meets artistic mastery, night brings quiet, but no rest. In the sistine chapel, where popes are chosen beneath michelangelos glory, we got rare access to intricate work, the cleaning of a masterpiece, protecting one of humanitys greatest triumphs. To do it is a job that in this chapel, for me, is the best that i can do in this life. The upkeep now is particularly special 500 years since the world lost michelangelos contemporary, raphael, preparations to host his tapestries in the chapel where they were designed to hang. Amidst the magical story of this place was an intense renaissance rivalry between the older michelangelo and the younger, more sociable raphael. Legend even has it that while michelangelo was absent during the painting of the ceiling, raphael even snuck in to take a peek. The competition for favour driving these masters to new artistic heights. Choir singing raphael, the so called prince of painters died suddenly on his 37th birthday. The anniversary has spurred painstaking restoration beneath some of his most famous frescoes. Among the greek philosophers in his school of athens is heraclitus, who raphael mockingly painted as a sulking michaelangelo. For the commemoration, analysis is being done on raphaels portrait of a young woman thought to be his lover. It willjoin an exhibition that will go to london this autumn. Back at the chapel, a delicate operation to bring in the tapestries. Raphaels splendour unfurled once again. There is a debate. Some prefer michelangelo, some raphael. And so, to have them, we may say, together, is very important to understand the balance and compare them, to see how they talk to each other. Five centuries on, the masterpieces are back where they belong, rivals reunited in perfect harmony. Mark lowen, bbc news, at the vatican. A patient has played the violin while surgeons operated on her brain to re m ove while surgeons operated on her brain to remove a tumour. These incredible pictures show the operation at Kings College hospital in london. The medical team asked the patient to play the violin to ensure parts of the brain that control delicate hand movements and coordination werent damaged during the surgery. Really extraordinary. Any moment, we say goodbye to viewers on bbc two and we will be joining jane hill for the news at 1pm, but lets take a look at the weather with the severe flooding that continues to affect parts of the uk, the thing we could do with some dry weather, and in the short term at least that is not what we are going get. We have a yellow weather warning this time, more rain to come across parts of wales, north west england, south west scotland and catchment areas like worcestershire and the rain quite patchy for daylight hours. Temperatures down to 7 degrees. As we go through tonight, the rain keeps on going over the hills in parts of scotland, Northern Ireland and wales and as we go through the night, there will be a no surge of whether piling in, so if you places could see as much as 100 millimetres of rain on top of what we had already had, which is likely to cause further flooding. The rain will be on the move, pushing its way south eastwards and it looks like we will develop a narrow band of really intense downpours, accompanied by some schooling, gusty winds. You can pick it out on the graphic here, this line of dark blue and green where we will see there is very strong winds gusting up to 50 mph. This is where we are expecting the event to be at lunchtime tomorrow. Behind that, it will dry up for a time with and spells of sunshine. Sunshine and showers will Northern Ireland and scotland, the show went three up over the Higher Ground and even to lower levels at times, and with the wind is picking up their are going to be blizzard conditions. And as they went and continues to clear from the south east corner, things will turn colder for all of us as the afternoon wears on. Through thursday night, it will be chilly, with this ridge of High Pressure keeping it to dry for a time, but then on friday, here comes another frontal system. More rain time, but then on friday, here comes anotherfrontal system. More rain in the forecast, particularly for scotland, Northern Ireland and Northern England, not as much rain further south. It is going to be a very rainy day again, and we could see windy weather that could cause some disruption to travel. Another mile the day on friday, 10 12d and it stays mild as we head into the weekend, saturday is essentially a day of sunshine and showers, they windy for us sun places. Sunday will bring their domain. Further rain. Low skilled and low paid migrants wont get a work visa under government plans for a new points based immigration system. The scheme will apply to people inside and outside the eu from next january, affecting business owners. It basically redefines our immigration policy so that the brightest and the best, people with skills, can come to the uk. We will ask how the scheme will work. Also on todays programme. Caroline flacks family releases a social media post the presenter wrote but didnt publish, saying her future had been swept away. Yellow weather warnings are issued in wales and yorkshire, as more heavy rain is forecast for parts of the uk already flooded